Jeffrey Christy, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Springfield, ILNPI 1710968490
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (47.5%), travel and lodging and gifts — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Abbott accounts for 63.6% of it on its own, with 10 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $992 and has fallen 90.5% since, to $95 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in IL, where the typical reported total is $3,905.
Across 30 payments — averaging $51.54 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$983
- Medtronic$246
- Edwards Lifesciences$77
- Welch Allyn$42
- Cvrx, Inc.$39
- Atricure, Inc.$34
- plus $124 from 5 others
Across 10 payments — averaging $1909.00 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Medtronic$19K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$73347%
- Food & beverage$73447%
- Education$372%
- Gifts$423%
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 10 | $983 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 8 | $246 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 2 | $77 |
| Welch Allyn | 1 | $42 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 1 | $39 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 1 | $34 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $33 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Merck | 1 | $22 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 1 | $20 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $17 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
How this compares
$1,546 in reported general payments places this provider in the 30th percentile of 220 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Illinois.
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Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 13 | $30 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Springfield
- Russell McElveenSpringfield$16K
- Traves CrabtreeSpringfield$13K
- Lindsey SaintSpringfield$10K
- James GrammOlympia Fields$386K
- Jessica DoningtonChicago$314K
- S Christopher MalaisrieChicago$254K
- Patrick McCarthyChicago$241K
- Samuel KimChicago$221K
- Andrew ArndtWinfield$206K
- Douglas JohnstonChicago$205K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.